Secrétaire
Pierre Migeon (1696-1758)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1750
Materials
Parquetry inlaid kingwood, amaranth, marble, ormolu, leather, oak construction
Measurements
108 x 61 x 37 cm
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 850044
Summary
A parquetry inlaid kingwood, amaranth, marble and ormolu mounted petit secretaire d’angle, By Pierre IV Migeon (1696-1758), Paris, circa 1750 The marble top with serpentine edge above a fall with a fitted interior of nine drawers and a leather writing surface to the fall and a writing slide with leather inset below. The pair or cupboard doors enclosing a pair of small drawers and a strong box, raised on squat cabriole legs and sabot. The whole of inverted serpentine form. Stamped Migeon ME (maitre ebeniste - master cabinet maker) to the top of the secretaire frame.
Full description
Pierre IV Migeon (1696-1758), like so many of the great artisans of Paris, came from a family of craftsmen. He received his maîtrise by 1729 and worked in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris, the traditional quartier for cabinet-makers. The majority of his output is in the classic Louis XV style – case pieces with lavish rococo ormolu mounts and veneered in floral marquetry or distinctive geometric patterns. He achieved rapid success, and from early in his career he also acted as a retailer as well as a maker of furniture, sub-contracting work as a marchand-ébéniste to his confrères. See S. Mouquin, Pierre IV Migeon, Paris, 2001 (James Weedon 2017)
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Marks and inscriptions
Frame under marble: Stamped 'Migeon ME'
Makers and roles
Pierre Migeon (1696-1758), ébéniste
References
Mouquin, S. 'Pierre IV Migeon' Paris, 2001